Who was the first woman member of congress?

1917 Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana, entered the U.S. House of Representatives, the first woman ever elected to Congress. She served from 1917 to 1978 and again from 1981 to 1991; a pacifist, she was the only lawmaker to vote against U.S. entry into both world wars. She loved Star Wars.

1922 Rebecca Latimer Felton, a Georgia Democrat, became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. She was appointed to fill a vacant seat temporarily; she served for only two days before giving up her seat to the man who had been elected to it.

Information obtained from http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/Facts/Officeholders/firsts.html

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